"Hickboo, Jargoon, Zurf, Morepork, and Jirble. ""Queach"", for instance, was defined as ""a malicious caricature"", ""a cross between a quince and a peach"", or ""a mini-jungle of mixed vegetation"". The first and second of those particular definitions are bluffs. The theme music for the show was ""Ciccolino"" by Norrie Paramor. ""Call My Bluff"" originally aired on BBC2 from 17 October 1965 to 22 December 1988. The original host was Robin Ray. Robert Morley and Frank Muir captained the teams. Morley was later succeeded by Patrick Campbell, and Arthur Marshall took over upon Campbell's death. Various celebrities also stood in as"
"Call My Bluff (U.S. game show) Call My Bluff was an American game show from Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions that aired on NBC daytime from March 29 to September 24, 1965. Bill Leyden was emcee, with Johnny Olson and Wayne Howell as announcers. ""Call My Bluff"" originated from Studio 6A at NBC Studios in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center. Two teams, each consisting of two contestants and one celebrity, competed. The object was for the teams to earn points by determining the correct definitions to obscure words. Both teams were given a word. Each player on one team was provided a definition"
"Call My Bluff Call My Bluff is a long-running British game show between two teams of three celebrity contestants. The point of the game is for the teams to take it in turn to provide three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which is correct. The other team then has to guess which is the correct definition, the other two being ""bluffs"". It was brought back to BBC TV by producer Richard L. Lewis. Examples of words used in ""Call My Bluff"", taken from a book published in connection with the show in 1972, are Queach, Strongle, Ablewhacket,"
"is, I am well aware, no virtue whatsoever in this. It results from a combination of heredity, health, good fortune and shallow intellect."" He also edited ""Salome, Dear, not in the Fridge"", ""Never Rub Bottoms with a Porcupine"", ""Whimpering in the Rhododendrons"", and ""Giggling in the Shrubbery"". Arthur Marshall (broadcaster) Arthur Marshall, MBE (10 May 1910 – 27 January 1989) was a British writer, raconteur and broadcaster, born in Barnes, London in the UK. He was best known as a team captain on the BBC's ""Call My Bluff"". Charles Arthur Bertram Marshall was the son of Charles Marshall, an electrical"
"if one of the bluffs was chosen, the winning team won the cash jackpot and the losing team was defeated and replaced. Among the celebrities who appeared on ""Call My Bluff"" were Bill Cullen, Art James, Gene Rayburn, Betty White, Peggy Cass, Abe Burrows, and Lauren Bacall. Despite its short run, Milton Bradley issued a board game adaptation of ""Call My Bluff"" in 1965. ""Call My Bluff"" is believed to be destroyed due to network practices at the time. Two rehearsal shows are known to exist, one of which is held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Call My"
"archives. The episodes that survived in the archives are Episode 3 of Series 2, Episodes 5 & 38 of Series 4, Episodes 3–4 of Series 5 and Episodes 15–16 of Series 8. Call My Bluff Call My Bluff is a long-running British game show between two teams of three celebrity contestants. The point of the game is for the teams to take it in turn to provide three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which is correct. The other team then has to guess which is the correct definition, the other two being ""bluffs"". It was brought back"
"Arthur Marshall (broadcaster) Arthur Marshall, MBE (10 May 1910 – 27 January 1989) was a British writer, raconteur and broadcaster, born in Barnes, London in the UK. He was best known as a team captain on the BBC's ""Call My Bluff"". Charles Arthur Bertram Marshall was the son of Charles Marshall, an electrical engineer from Colchester and Dorothy, née Lee, from Manchester. He was enrolled at the kindergarten section of the Froebel Institute in Hammersmith in 1916, for two years, and then went to Ranelagh House, a co-educational school overlooking Barnes Common. In the summer of 1920 his father moved"
"13 May 1996 with Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig as the team captains and Bob Holness replacing Robinson as chairman. In 2003, Toksvig was replaced by the journalist Rod Liddle, and newsreader Fiona Bruce took the chair. The series finished again on 17 July 2005. ""Call My Bluff"" returned for a special during the BBC's ""24 Hour Panel People"" in aid for ""Comic Relief 2011"", with Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Russell Tovey, Tim Key, Sarah Cawood and David Walliams participating. The host was Angus Deayton. Almost all the first 263 episodes from Series 1–8 have been wiped from the BBC"
"they are wrong, the team which provided the definitions are awarded the point. ""Call My Bluff"" was first aired in October 1965, with Robin Ray as chair. Presenter Robert Robinson chaired it for many years. the programme was chaired by Fiona Bruce. Other television game shows based on the concept include ""Take My Word For It"" and ""Wordplay"". In Japan, featured the game under the same name. The 30 minute late night game show aired on Fuji TV in 1993, and was rebroadcast on Fuji TV 739 satellite channel in 2008. ""Tahoiya"", originally meaning ""a cabin used for boar hunting"","
"television personality, notably on the BBC show ""Call My Bluff"" with Patrick Campbell and Frank Muir. For a number of years in the early 1970s he appeared as one half of a double act, with Jackie Stewart, as an insert within the ""BBC Sports Personality of the Year"" show. In June 1975 he appeared alongside his son, Damon Hill, on the popular television programme ""Jim'll Fix It"". His appearance was later rebroadcast as part of the twentieth anniversary celebrations of the programme in January 1995, with Damon presenting a new segment at the end. In 1990, Hill was inducted into"
"in 1947. Then to Chery Louise Munro in 1947. The two divorced in 1966, the year he married Vivienne Orme. Campbell suffered from a stammer, but nevertheless delighted television audiences with his wit, notably as a regular team captain on the long-running show ""Call My Bluff"", opposite his longtime friend, Frank Muir. Muir noted that ""When he was locked solid by a troublesome initial letter he would show his frustration by banging his knee and muttering 'Come along! Come along!'"". Some of his funniest short stories described incidents involving his stammer. Glenavy stood six feet five inches tall, and several"
"which was chaired by Barry Cryer. Arthur Askey was another regular on the show. He married showgirl Dorothy (née Sibil) and the couple had two sons: Robin Ray, a well-known television personality in the 1960s and 1970s, who initiated ""Call My Bluff"" and specialist classical music shows, and Andrew Ray, a child star of the 1950s who had a long career on stage, film and television. He was the subject of ""This Is Your Life"" on two occasions, in October 1955 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre, and in February 1975, when Andrews surprised"
"Alan Coren Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz ""The News Quiz"" and a team captain on BBC television's ""Call My Bluff"". Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of ""Punch"" magazine. Alan Coren was born in Southgate, North London, in 1938, the son of a plumber and a hairdresser. This is a source of some confusion, as some appear to think he was born in Paddington. Coren was educated at East"
"An anthology of his writings, called ""The Essential Alan Coren – Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks"" and edited by his children, was published on 2 October 2008. Alan Coren Alan Coren (27 June 1938 – 18 October 2007) was an English humourist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz ""The News Quiz"" and a team captain on BBC television's ""Call My Bluff"". Coren was also a journalist, and for almost a decade was the editor of ""Punch"" magazine. Alan Coren was born in Southgate, North London, in 1938, the son of a"
"John Charles Daly John Charles Patrick Croghan Daly (February 20, 1914 – February 24, 1991), generally known as John Charles Daly or simply John Daly, was an American radio and television personality, CBS News broadcast journalist, ABC News executive and TV anchor and a game show host, best known as the host and moderator of the CBS television panel show ""What's My Line?"" The second of two brothers, Daly was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, where his American father worked as a geologist. While in Johannesburg Daly attended Marist Brothers College. After his father died of a tropical fever, Daly's"
"Hal Block Harold Block (August 2, 1913 – June 16, 1981) was an American comedy writer, comedian, producer, songwriter and television personality. Although Block was a highly successful comedy writer for over 15 years, today he is most often remembered as an original panelist of the television game show ""What's My Line?"" who was fired from the show in its third season, reportedly for inappropriate on-air behavior. Block is a controversial figure in the history of television, denounced by some, while praised by others as a writer and for contributing to the original success of ""What's My Line?"" During the"
"Your Call Your Call is a call-in radio talk show program produced by KALW hosted by Rose Aguilar and Sandip Roy in San Francisco, California. ""Your Call"" features in-depth dialogue and debate on politics, culture, poverty, and the environment The format of ""Your Call"" varies from show to show, but generally involves an in-person interview with one or more subjects, including nationally prominent authors and scholars and grassroots activists. The program airs from 10-11am PST on weekday mornings. The show launched the week of September 11, with Laura Flanders hosting from New York. When Laura started with Air America in"
"Mitchell, magazine editor Terry McDonell, actress/writer Brianne Leary, and London ""Sunday Times"" correspondent Sue Ellicott. The show was not well received, with ""Entertainment Weekly's"" reviewer calling it ""a younger, hipper ""McLaughlin Group"""" with hosts who ""giggle, gabble, and groan."" Last Call (talk show) Last Call is an American late-night talk show that aired in syndication from 1994 to 1995. Created by Brandon Tartikoff, the show was set in a loft that disguised the true time at which it was taped, allowing the late night viewer to assume they were watching a live broadcast. The show had four hosts that bantered"
"the rumour. In 1962, Holness became the host of UK game show ""Take a Letter"", was relief host of Thames Television's magazine programme ""Today"" in 1968, and from 1983 until 1994 presented the British version of ""Blockbusters"", for which he is best known. In 1988 he starred in a celebrity special of ""Catchphrase"" and appeared again with his daughter, Carol, in a Christmas version of Family Catchphrase. In 1995, he hosted Yorkshire Television's big-budget game show flop ""Raise the Roof"" before becoming the chairman of a revived ""Call My Bluff"" for the BBC. Holness appeared on one episode of ""Ant"
"by train to Hollywood, writing for Baker's radio show. ""What's My Line?"" was on the air for 17 years and became the longest running game show in U.S. primetime history, while Block returned to anonymity. Hal Block Harold Block (August 2, 1913 – June 16, 1981) was an American comedy writer, comedian, producer, songwriter and television personality. Although Block was a highly successful comedy writer for over 15 years, today he is most often remembered as an original panelist of the television game show ""What's My Line?"" who was fired from the show in its third season, reportedly for inappropriate"
"Bill Cullen William Lawrence Francis Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. His biggest claim to fame was as a game show host; over the course of his career, he hosted 23 shows, and earned the nickname ""Dean of Game Show Hosts"". Aside from his hosting duties, he appeared as a panelist/celebrity guest on many other game shows, including regular appearances on ""I've Got a Secret"" and ""To Tell the Truth"". Cullen was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the only child of William and Lillian Cullen. His father"
"founded an amateur dramatic society, Thorpe Players, in the village of Thorpe, Surrey where he lived for many years. He was a writer and presenter on many shows, including the 1960s satire programmes ""That Was The Week That Was"" and ""The Frost Report"". He was well known to television audiences as a team captain on the long-running BBC2 series ""Call My Bluff"". Muir found unexpected household fame when he undertook voice-overs for advertisements, including Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut chocolate ""(""Everyone's a Fruit and Nut case"""", to the tune of the ""Danse des mirlitons"" from Tchaikovsky's ""The Nutcracker""). Other"
"for the last 3 shows were as follows. Thursday – Liz Fuller and Kait Borsay, Friday – Chris Hopkins and Chris Park, and on the final show, Saturday – Liz Fuller and Chris Park. Quiz Call Quiz Call was a late night/early morning phone-in quiz TV show, produced by Ostrich Media (owned by iTouch) for Five, Five US and Five Life. ""Quiz Call"" was launched as a standalone participation television channel in August 2005 on the Freeview and NTL platforms, and launched on the Sky Digital platform shortly afterwards. The show encourages viewers to enter by calling a premium-rate telephone"
"Last Call (talk show) Last Call is an American late-night talk show that aired in syndication from 1994 to 1995. Created by Brandon Tartikoff, the show was set in a loft that disguised the true time at which it was taped, allowing the late night viewer to assume they were watching a live broadcast. The show had four hosts that bantered with each other over different topics in the news, and featured topical guests and musical guests. Musical acts tended to be of the alternative music genre, such as the band Scarce. The different hosts included Tad Low, critic Elvis"
"Celebrity Bluff Celebrity Bluff is a Philippine television comedy game show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Eugene Domingo, it premiered on November 17, 2012 and worldwide on November 24, 2012 on GMA Pinoy TV. The show originally featured Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola as the original ""Gangnammms"" (also known as ""Celebrity Bluffers""), which now consists of Celebrity Bluffers, Boobay and Brod Pete. The show concluded on June 30, 2018 with a total of 213 episodes. It was replaced by ""The Clash"" in its timeslot. On September 2013, Bayola left the show after facing a major scandal. He was then"
"his wife Julie have two daughters. Rocky Allen Rocky Allen (born in 1955) is an American talk radio personality and host of the eponymous ""Rocky Allen Showgram"". It aired, most recently, from 3 to 7 pm ET on FM station WPLJ, New York. Allen's show, which he co-hosts with long-time on-air partner Blain Ensley, is a mix of celebrity interviews, Top Forty music, and variety talk. Allen has previously hosted shows in Providence, Detroit, St. Louis, Buffalo, and Dayton. Allen's well-traveled career is best known for his streaks on New York radio station WPLJ, where he hosted an afternoon-drive show"
"married the Irish artist Beatrice Elvery, whose family founded Elverys Sports. His grandson, under the name ""Patrick Campbell"", was a noted satirist in the early years of television. He was a longtime captain of one of the panels in the BBC gameshow ""Call My Bluff"" against British comedy writer Frank Muir. Another grandson, Michael Campbell, later the 4th and last Lord Glenavy was the author of the homosexual novel ""Lord Dismiss Us"". James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, PC (4 April 1851 – 22 March 1931) was an Irish lawyer, politician in the British"
"he was a member of the Civil Defense air auxiliary. Cullen, a smoker for most of his life, died on July 7, 1990, of lung cancer at his home in Bel Air, California, aged 70. His wife, Ann Roemheld Macomber, died on July 21, 2018. Bill Cullen William Lawrence Francis Cullen (February 18, 1920 – July 7, 1990) was an American radio and television personality whose career spanned five decades. His biggest claim to fame was as a game show host; over the course of his career, he hosted 23 shows, and earned the nickname ""Dean of Game Show Hosts""."
"Wally Bruner Wallace Bruner Jr. (March 4, 1931 – November 3, 1997) was an American journalist and television host. He covered Congress and the Lyndon Johnson administration for ABC News in the 1960s. He was the first host of the 1968–1975 syndicated version of ""What's My Line?"" and went on to host the syndicated home repair show ""Wally's Workshop."" Bruner was born on March 4, 1931, in Ames, Iowa, to Wallace and Audrey (Scott) Bruner. He was raised in Tell City, Indiana. He married his classmate, the former Patricia Thomas, after graduation. The two later jointly built and operated radio"
"Examples include ""Ignorance is Bliss"", ""Just a Minute"", ""My Word!"" and ""My Music"" on the radio and ""Call My Bluff"" on television. The pilot episode (at that time titled ""I'm Sorry, They're At It Again"") opened with Graeme Garden and Jo Kendall singing the words of ""Three Blind Mice"" to the tune of ""Ol' Man River"" followed by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor performing the lyrics of ""Sing a Song of Sixpence"" to the melody of ""These Foolish Things"". Dave Lee, who was bandleader on ""I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"", was at the piano and a number of rounds"
"""The Daily Caller"". Original host Conn Carroll of The Heritage Foundation stepped aside in early 2009. Guests who appeared on the show are Armando Llorens (of Daily Kos), Amanda Carpenter, and Nate Silver (of FiveThirtyEight) among many others. On November 1, 2005, the site launched, with Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus as the only two initial participants in the video discussions. The site has since featured more than one thousand other diavloggers. On October 18, 2006, a site redesign was launched, with a revised home page and improved functionality: ability to comment on diavlogs was added, and to participate in"
"2004, Farai Chideya split hosting duties, before taking over full-time. After Farai left for ""News & Notes"" on NPR, Rebecca Roberts, daughter of NPR correspondent Cokie Roberts, hosted along with former CBC host Mary Ambrose. Rose Aguilar and Sandip Roy took over hosting duties after Rebecca was hired by WETA in Washington, D.C.. Sandip is no longer with the person, and Rose continues as the main host, with others such as Holly Kiernan coming in on Wednesdays and other days. Your Call Your Call is a call-in radio talk show program produced by KALW hosted by Rose Aguilar and Sandip"
"2006, he also became an occasional contributor on Comedy Central's ""The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"". He has listed among his ambitions a wish to become a captain on the quiz show ""Call My Bluff"". Gorman appeared in two episodes of ""Have I Got News For You"", including the famous episode broadcast in the week that news broke of host Angus Deayton's scandal involving prostitutes and the use of illegal drugs. He also appeared in an episode of the sports comedy quiz ""They Think It's All Over"". Gorman also appeared on, and won, episode nine of the first series of"